Ceremony board or log contains seven small candles and one
tall candle representing the spirit of Cub Scouting.

Cubmaster: (lights
candles) This last ceremony for (year) is one of rededication. Tonight four
candles represent the Cub Scout ranks... Bobcat, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos.

Will all Bobcat Cub Scouts and
their parents please stand. Bobcats, do you promise in (new year) to do your
best to help other people and obey the Law of the Pack, and to advance one rank?

Bobcats: We'll do our
best. (Extinguish Bobcat candle)

(Follow same procedure for
Wolf and Bear Cub Scouts)

Cubmaster: Will all
Webelos Scouts and their parents please stand? Webelos Scouts, do you promise
in (new year) to do your best to help other people and obey the Law of the Pack,
and to earn the Arrow of Light award, if you have not already earned it?

Webelos: We'll do our
best. (Extinguish Webelos candle)

Cubmaster: Three
candles and the Spirit of Cub Scouting candle remain burning. The three candles
stand for Follows, Helps and Gives, which means, "We'll be loyal". Will you be
loyal Cub Scouts in (new year)?

All: We'll do our best.
(Three candles are extinguished)

Cubmaster: The spirit of
Cub Scouting still burns as it does in the hearts of Cub Scouts everywhere. May
it continue to burn brightly in your heart during the new year as we go upward
and forward in Pack (number). Good night, Cub Scouts.

Goodwill
Closing Ceremony

Viking Council

Set Up: 8 Cub Scouts
each with a sign with one of the letters on front. The words are written on the
back in large print. Boys say their parts in turn.

G - Good Cub Scouts are
friends to all.

O - On their honor to
obey the pack law

O - Once they spread
goodwill all around.

D - Doubled friendships
will surely be found.

W - Working together to
make the world a better place.

I - Including as
friends -- boys from each faith and race.

L - Leaving behind them
a path of good cheer.

L - Let's all practice
it now and all through the year.

Good Turn Closing Thought

Viking Council

Most of us are happiest when
we are doing something for others. Think, for a moment of a time when you were
helpful to someone. Chances are it made you feel pretty good. Of course, we feel
best when we do something for others without being found out. When we help
others regularly, it soon becomes a habit and gets to be a natural thing. Once a
Cub Scout establishes this habit, he learns the real meaning of a good turn.

Cubmaster's
Closing Minute

Chief Seattle Council

"I will do my best!" Do these
words sound like there is a job that has to be done? Yes, it does. What do they
mean? These words explain what every Cub Scout, Webelos, and adult leader has
promised to do.

What do they mean for the
young 7 year old Cub Scout? For him they mean that he will try to do his best in
all things that are taught to him by his Den Leader at den meetings and by his
Cubmaster at pack meetings. He has to do his best in helping around the house,
school, and community.

What do they mean for the
Webelos? He now turns his thought to going on Scout trips, hiking, and camping
out under the stars with just the sounds of the night all around him. He learns
the first part of the Scout Oath that says, 'On my honor, I will do my best.
Yes, like the knights of old, he has to be gallant, brave, and strong. He has to
do his best to be kind, courteous, thrifty, and prepared at all times,
especially when called upon in times of need.

What do they mean for the
adult Scouter? This is the person who lives up the street and has volunteered to
see that activities for the boys get carried out. The adult leaders have to do
their best in showing and teaching the boys how to do their best. They give up
their time to go to training, committee meetings, and den and pack meetings.

But what is the true meaning
of 'To do your best'? It means doing the best work and service that you are a of
at all times. Service to your family, to God, and to your community. As we leave
tonight, let us all remember that doing his best is one way a Cub Scout Gives
Goodwill during the holiday season and throughout the year.

Family Traditions

Southern NJ Council

Cubmaster:
Each of us has some traditions that are only practiced by our own families.
Letís remember to enjoy those traditions and our families at this time of year.
Remember it is better to give than to get. See if you can find the joy in giving
this year!

A Cub Scout Gives Goodwill

In a recent issue of Scouting
magazine, there is a story about a Webelos Scout named Daniel Simon of Pack 381,
Buffalo Grove, Illinois. Daniel earned a $750 gift certificate, and instead of
spending the money on himself, he filled seven shopping carts with toys for
other children who might not get anything that holiday season. It was a fine
act of kindness and generosity. For Daniel, the Cub Scout Promise and the Law
of the Pack arenít just words; they represent a way of life. Especially the
phrase, ďA Cub Scout Gives Goodwill.Ē Wouldnít it be a great holiday tradition
if we all followed Danielís example and performed some special good turn for
someone in need, giving a little goodwill in the process? That would bring a
lot of joy to the people we served. It would also bring a lot of joy to us,
knowing that we had done something to make someoneís life a little better.
Think about what you can do to give good will and serve
others at holiday time. What better way to build good memories that will last
forever?

Starry Night

Commissioner Daveís
scouting Classics

Set Up: - Dim or turn off room lights except for an electric
candle or flashlight

This is the season of lights and
stars, when days are short and nights are long with beautiful stars.

Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, once said this to his scouts, "I
often think when the sun goes down, the world is hidden by a big blanket from
the light of heaven. But the stars are little holes pierced in that blanket by
those who have done good deeds in this world. The stars are not all the same
size; some are big, and some are little. So some men have done great deeds, and
some men have done small deeds, but they have all made their hole in the blanket
by doing good before they went to heaven."

Let's remember when we look at the starry sky,
to make our own hole in the blanket, by giving goodwill through doing good deeds
and helping other people.

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